Verawaty Wiharjo

Verawaty Wiharjo (born October 1, 1957 in Jakarta , later Verawaty Fajrin ) is a former Indonesian badminton player .

Career

Verawaty Wiharjo was one of the most successful badminton players of the 1980s. Her first success was winning the Denmark Open in the 1977/1978 season together with Imelda Wiguna in women's doubles. In 1978 both won the Asian Games . After winning the Canada Open in 1979 and All England in 1979 and 1980 (all in women's doubles with Imelda Wiguna), she won the women's singles world title in 1980.

successes

season	event	discipline	space	Surname
1977/1978	Denmark Open	Ladies doubles	1	Verawaty Wiharjo / Imelda Wiguna
1978	Asian Games (Badminton)	Ladies doubles	1	Verawaty Wiharjo / Imelda Wiguna
1979	All of England	Ladies doubles	1	Verawaty Fajrin / Imelda Wiguna
1979	Canada Open	Ladies doubles	1	Imelda Wiguna / Verawaty Wiharjo
1980	All of England	Ladies singles	2	Verawaty Fajrin
1980	Badminton world championship	Ladies singles	1	Verawaty Wiharjo
1982	All of England	Ladies doubles	2	Verawaty Fajrin / Ruth Damayanti
1982	Indonesia Open	Ladies singles	1	Verawaty Fajrin
1986	Indonesia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Verawaty Fajrin / Ivanna Lie
1986	Malaysian Open	Mixed	1	Verawaty Fajrin / Bobby Ertanto
1988	Indonesia Open	Ladies doubles	1	Verawaty Fajrin / Yanti Kusmiati
1988	Malaysian Open	Mixed	1	Verawaty Fajrin / Eddy Hartono
1989	Dutch Open	Mixed	1	Eddy Hartono / Verawaty Fajrin
1989	Indonesia Open	Mixed	1	Eddy Hartono / Verawaty Fajrin
1990	Asian Games	Ladies doubles	3	Verawaty Fajrin / Lili Tampi
1990	Asian Games	Mixed	2	Verawaty Fajrin / Eddy Hartono

Trivia

Different sources use different name spellings. The spellings Wihardjo and Fadjrin are just as common as Wiharjo and Fajrin.

Web links

• tangkis.tripod.com ( Memento from December 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )